Peacekeeping Units (Balkans and Chechnya) (Hansard, 15 May 2002)

HC Deb 15 May 2002 vol 385 c684W 684W

§ 7. Mr. Brazier
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions she has had with the MOD over restoring payments from her budget to military units engaged in peacekeeping for local development work in(a) the Balkans and (b) Chechnya. [54744]

§ Hilary Benn
DFID works closely with the MOD in peacekeeping operations.
In Bosnia and Herzegovena and in Kosovo we have provided funding to British forces, initially to support humanitarian assistance activities and then to encourage refugee return.
There is no international peacekeeping force in Chechnya.